Allan Donald Vs Michael Atherton

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[rajroy04]

If I remember correctly, In the previous over, Donald had him caught behind, but the appeal was denied by the umpire. Donald was furious for that wrong judgement. He had no intention of getting Artherton out. It was all rage.

[RoheeeeCricket]

cricket at it's best. this is what the modern game is missing

[fendweller]

Did they get the runs? I can't remember.

[BlueTrueScouse]

@fendweller Yes England did get the runs with Atherton finishing on 98 not out to win by 8 wickets and then won the next test at Headingley to win the seris 2-1.

[sharathsreeajith]

the bowler looks like voldemort (somewhat)

[sonofthedestroyer]

This type of bowling is almost extinct now!

[suleman021]

lol Atherton looks like a young Mr Burns

[nphanlon1973]

you can huff and puff all you like but if you don't pitch the ball up on off stump then you won't get test match class batsmen out.and this video shows it Atherton just drops his hands and takes the hit for his side.and they won't give a stuff what you say after you bowl them a bouncer.a batsmen of quality is only scared of one thing,a ball on off stump that is on a good length that is doing a bit.everything is just details.

[vicavox]

@nphanlon1973 I don't think that's quite right,although I understand where you're coming from. Atherton was a dogged opener and always played for the team, but primarily because he didn't have an excessive range of shots he could play. Donald barraged him with the short stuff for that exact reason. This is vicious bowling so while the deliveries aren't going to hit the stumps Atherton had to take the hit every time because he was scared of edging it. There's more to cricket than just off stump.

[richardsharp75]

@manashard There are still great fast bowlers around - Dale Steyn is great - but the wickets have become batsmen friendly. The reason is that the prmoters wanna make sure they can sell advertising for all 5 days of a test. Put Steyn on a green top test after test he would be even more lethal.

[dudethisisstupid]

I love how innocent Atherton looks at the beginning

[kaRanRoyaLjaNissaRy]

Good old days of pure real cricket..

Nowadays its just money, glamour and fame...

[swami3781]

Allan Donald was excellent bowler throughout his carrer. Unlucky we couldn't see a much of his action as SAF started international cricket only in 1992

[ksn0071]

donald v miss u

[ksn0071]

sledging in a part of d game

[eclectica1]

I remember watching this live. The kind of entertainment where getting up from the sofa at any point was NOT an option.

[apdte]

i dnt remember allan donald while bowling. bt i strongly praise him for his decency. my father had once told me that, he is among the likes of ambrose, holdings, walsh, when it comes to hostality in bowling. 

[eclectica1]

@apdte He was an absolute joy to watch. I was a member of Warwickshire CCC when he was the overseas player and saw him play many times.

[chefblanc]

try harder donnald duck , 

[Umairs2004]

Allan was a legend  & My favourate bowler ,,, I havent seen any good bowler in their side after Allen and Pollock,,, Nitini was good now all seems crap these days in SA side,,,

[Imrankniazi]

@Umairs2004 What are you talking about? The best pace bowler in the world right now is a South African - Dale Steyn. And he's the best by a fair margin. Morne Morkel is fairly decent and expected to improve.

Donald and Pollock were unquestionably great. Ntini was very good especially on tracks with some bounce and movement. I also rate Fannie de Villiers very highly.

[CFAN123]

@Umairs2004 crap? morne morkel and Dale Steyn?

[mishim100]

@CFAN123 I agree. Dunno about Morkel yet but I think that Steyn is SA's best pace bowler ever - no offence to Pollock or Donald!

[gjms30]

now thats cricket,what an engrossing encounter,brilliant stuff.

[Manewalis]

Alan Donald is a LEGEND !!!

[hometrooths135]

atherton was shit,and gets on my bloody nerves as a commentator

[DickoET]

Athers was fantastic when he opened with Tresco

[kniphofia]

@hometrooths135 Atherton is the best commentator out there!

[princeofkk]

Donald had all the mouth but Athers was 185 not out so Donald made a bit of a prick out of himself.

[movado86]

@princeofkk

185?? i think it clearly says target 247 in the top corner if he made 185 dont u think target would be a bit higher?

[princeofkk]

Don't be a complete fucking twat

[AggieAdnan]

right after atherton hit that loopy shot to square leg.....you can tell donad wants that ball back from the fielders really quick so he can bowl at him again. awesome.

[TomAraya23]

White lightning was the best

he did call atherton a fucking cheat.

[princeofkk]

If he was the best why couldn't he get Atherton's wicket, you twat.

Donald was a mouthy cunt gobshite prick.

[TomAraya23]

he wasn't given out you fucking dirty cunt

that's the reason this confrontation is all about you dickless twat.

atherton was a ball temperor and a fucking cheat.

[princeofkk]

He was 185 not out you fat fucking dirty little mothers cunt. Atherton totally owned Donald. Donald just pulled faces when he couldn't get a wicket just like Shit Steyn. btw - most twats are dickless you total moron

[BlueTrueScouse]

This kind of confrontation is what cricket is all about, its test cricket at its best, far better than that 20/20 shite.

[Archangel3583]

@BlueTrueScouse You make it sound as though bowlers can't muster up the same aggression in Twenty20s. I like all three formats equally, they all bring something unique and different to the mix.

[BlueTrueScouse]

@Archangel3583 Would you ever see a classic confrontation like this Atherton v Donald in 20/20 Cricket? No you wouldn't.

20/20 is Cricket for simpletons. Test Cricket is it purest and best format.

[vivekkhare10]

just met allan in person in a bar ..and got my self clickef with him......boy he still looks so fit

[fertuiee]

Could watch donald all day, if that ball was 89mph on that old system he'd be about 150 mph now haha, some of today's 90 mph men arent as quick as Donald im sure. Somethings wrong

[porbello9]

Fantastic heavyweight duel, what makes test cricket so special.

[Hitemup007]

good in a 3 min clip, but watching the whole day? no thanks. Id rather go to a t20 game and be able to watch the whole result in front of a packed house with a great atmosphere.

[Pilkie101]

No..just no

[Hitemup007]

hardly a heavyweight dual. atherton was average at best even though he was the best player on his team. he didnt hurt opposition attacks just batted all day without hitting boundaries. donald, mcgrath, warne, ambrose, walsh, vaas all looked at atherton as their bunny.

[negooog]

what is Donald's height?

[drayzorn]

About 6'2 i think

[princeofkk]

5' 7'' in high heels

[BigYBootyDaddy0]

The confrontation between Dravid and Donald got Allan a lot of flack, something he stated in his autobiography, "white lightning". As for not being an all time great, that is not true and in fact quite biased and somewhat ignorant on your part. He had to wait till 26 till he made his official debut, when he was already playing for the rebel SA sides at 21. In his short time he overtook many West Indian and other greats.. 2nd highest strike rate of all time during his peak.

[perditame]

White Lightning v. Iron Mike.

Unstoppable force meets immovable object.

[OJones88]

Cricket has changed a lot since those days. In the fading light, Donald's spell was immense. I remember watching this as a kid and being impressed!

[ImpatientLime]

yeah, shame that siddle and johnson aren't fit to lace donald's boots really.

[ConE500]

He was a vicious as the came, was Allan Donald.

I love he fast bowlers killer instinct.

[indiansuperstar]

This contest about the best bowler in the world is difficult. There are some who will say that deadly swing is the key to wickets and it is the greatest quality to have.

Others, mainly batsmen, will tell you how wet-your-pants scary it can be to have a Michael Holding, Jeol Garner, Jeff Thompson steaming in, bowling above 90 will the scent of YOUR blood.

All these aside, you had to watch this spell from Alan Donald and smile, the tension and rivalry between him and Athers. Brilliant.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Waqar is a different type of bowler to Donald. Waqar you must remember had 3 surgeries to his body in the early 90s and that meant his speed and killer edge left him. Donald also got injured later and lost his killer edge.

[aaqqaaqqaaqq]

what a contest between the two.

[tankkk43]

and neither alan nor anyone among wasim, ambrose and walsh had as deadly reverse swing yorkers as waqar had. Waqar was the best fast bowler who could or can bowl reverse swing.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Yes Waqar was the king of swinging yorkers. McGrath king of line and length. Wasim King of conventional swing. WI fast bowlers all king of uncomfortable bounce.

[postmanpat09]

Waqar and Wasim were masters of old ball reverse swing, Donald and Pollock conventional swing and seam, and Garner and Marshall (as well as other WI bowlers) masters of deadly bounce and pace. All greats but in very different ways.

[sammastiff]

Allan donald was one of the best bowlers in the world .I rate him much higher then waqar yunus because he was much more consistent in comparisn with yunus.I Will rate donald in same class of greats like wasim, ambrose and walsh !!!!!!

[tankkk43]

wt! waqar yunus is in the same row as wasim, ambrose and walsh. what r u saying u dont place waqar with donald!!!?! :S

[iain075]

This - THIS, is why they call it a test gentlemen, superb stuff.

And Athers was out, prior to the start of this vid.

"Come on Mikey!!!" from a superb bowler; he knew alright. In Athertons biography he says that he gave his glove to Donald after England won, the same glove with a red mark on it...

p.s. I like cjmooney's thought - like Gilchrist and the Aussies ethos, in their pomp... this week, Aussie 'keeper 'caught' cheating Kiwi batsmen.

One can only 'walk' when on top...

[symondsthemonkey]

looks like donald to fuck atherton which sounds very sexxy donald finds english men very enjoyable he doesnt likke the australian convicts including me

[eshoppie]

If you find Donald as good in this, then you are stupid.

Watch the scorecard. Target is 247 and England are 92/1. This means that England are reaching in their target.

Donald is just acting like a whiny cat to make sure Atherton loses his concentration. Slimy tactics! Way too useless compared to greats like Ambrose, Walsh, Marshall, Holding, Lillee-Thomson, Kumble, etc. who didn't sledge to get cheap wickets.

[royalsteel7436]

u seems new born in cricket

[Jaqtallica]

mate if u think that they didn't sledge then you're an ignorant dumbass. donald has one of the best test bowling averages in the history of the game, the only reason he isnt right up there in the wickets is because he didnt play for long enough. and also you obviously know nothing about this situation because atherton was clearly out before this having edged it and not being given out, so donald has full rights to be agressive, if he doesnt walk he has to live with the consequences.

[BigYBootyDaddy0]

If you watched that series, like I did, you would know that it was infamous for decisions going England's way. (Atherton not out despite a blatant gloving of the ball to the wicketkeeper, Boucher of Donald) The deciding test was marred by Javed Akhtar's umpiring which caused that test to be his last as well as accusations by Ali Bacher that the test was fixed. If memory serves me correctly, the English appealed at every possible chance resulting in 11 dubious at best decisions against S Africa

[eshoppie]

I used to like Donald till I saw him abusing a meek cat like Rahul Dravid for hitting boundaries in his over.

Regardless of what Javed Akhtar did, Allan Donald is not an all time great. He is counted as a great, but not an all time great. All time greats in speedsters are mostly west indians or pakistanis or australians or english; sometimes Kapil is also included in the list.

[jojojames1995]

oh come on... you really believe that.... come to south africa and say that. you wont get far

[BigYBootyDaddy0]

@eshoppie No bowler likes being hit for a boundary, let alone repeated boundaries in an over. Lillee, Roberts, McGrath, Ambrose amongst others were known for their hostility in both bowling as well as backing it up with talk. I watched the match you are referring to and I admit that Donald gave some serious lip. Every team is guilty of what Donald did that match; there is a reason why there is no constant audio from the stump cam because you would have to be 18+ to watch/listen.

[Imrankniazi]

@BigYBootyDaddy0 "Lillee, Roberts, McGrath, Ambrose amongst others were known for their hostility in both bowling as well as backing it up with talk."

Here's the deal. Mention JUST ONE incident in Roberts' 47 match long Test career where he was reported to allegedly abuse the batsman. He was a saint among fast men - possibly the only one in that regard. Ambrose had an altercation with S.R.Waugh and never before or after did he sledge on a cricket field. Do not drag great WI names into muck.

[Imrankniazi]

@Imrankniazi Please note that this is NOT to say that fast bowlers who sledge are any less great. I was just defending the two great Antiguans from what I perceived as a misplaced allegation. McGrath, Lillee, Wasim Akram and Donald have colourful disciplinary records but no one would deny that all 4 gentlemen are legendary pace bowlers.

[BigYBootyDaddy0]

@eshoppie As far as Donald not being an all time great, the South African team of the 90's, who were second to only Australia in the rankings, got to where they were because of Donald's consistent world class bowling. He would have easily walked into any international cricket team at that time, which hosted some great fast bowling names. By your affinity for Dravid/Kapil, I think you are a little concerned about his success against the Indian team, Tendulkar in particular. Series win in India.

[BlueTrueScouse]

11 desicions against South Africa?? Ive got the hightlights of that 1998 seris and England had at least double that in umpiring desicions against us!

[BigYBootyDaddy0]

@BlueTrueScouse Yes, 11 decisions in the final deciding test went against South Africa. In general, the series had some bad umpiring, but Atherton being given not out, even though he admitted gloving the ball, Gus Fraser being given not out LBW off the last ball in the previous test, (which saved the test match), as well as 11 Akhtar decisions against South Africa killed any chance of a South African test series victory.

[uChakide]

@eshoppie You must be the most naive person on earth if you think that those "greats" (which Donald is very much a member of) did not have a sledge. By the way in those days the boundaries were not 15 meter in and the pitches were green, 247 was not an easy score to reach at all in fact teams often failed chasing such totals.

[oreodream]

what year was this? it seems really familiar

[Jaqtallica]

98 i think

[1267650]

cute vid

[neshjo]

jc55 watch Malinga to Pitersen

[vikesh81]

Athers never touched that ball. Fantastic umpiring decision.

[cjmooney9]

always walk.....

[IainTigers]

I was at this test. You could just sense the moment Donald went round the wicket that it was going to get ferocious!

[jc55]

You don't really see bowling like this anymore.

[wentworth1978]

classic stuff